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Loners

bemildred

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6. Well yeah, loner is not all all the same thing as anti-social.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:00 AM

Oct 2012

And I really do empathize with the down and out, I've been there, I know what it costs.

My Dad lived in Victoria in the 70s and we used to drive up and take the Ferry or the Clipper to visit. Seattle is a great town.

And good for you.

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Birthdays/holidays...celebrate them or ignore them? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 OP

I pretty much ignore them. rrneck Oct 2012 #1

Ignore them all! MadrasT Oct 2012 #2

Downplay. LWolf Oct 2012 #3

Ideal times to go where everybody isn't. bemildred Oct 2012 #4

"go clump with "..... I like that phrase. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #5

Well yeah, loner is not all all the same thing as anti-social. bemildred Oct 2012 #6

I'd offer to work for the answering service on any holiday. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #7

Yeah, there is that, indeed. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #8

For a long while I'd not work on my birthday so I wouldn't have to 'report' or jp11 Nov 2012 #9

I work for a security company , we don't take holidays off. Trunk Monkey Nov 2012 #10

Same here.... SCALA13 Nov 2012 #11

How nice to hear I am "not the only one". dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #12

you got that present with a huge beautiful bow on it. Whisp Nov 2012 #14

pretty well the same for me now. Whisp Nov 2012 #13